Author profile: Ali Al-Bayaa

Debunking a Phenomenon: the “Arab Spring” Misconception

Ali Al-Bayaa • Jul 28 2011 • Articles

The so called “Arab Spring” has been a popular notion in American media. US academics, journalists and politicians speak of the most recent Middle Eastern revolutionary movements as a single and similar wave of reform that they deem as one that could be defined along racial lines. Not only is this approach methodically flawed, but it also overrides a sense of remarkable national pride for individual nations.

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